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The incident involves a timeline where they provided a one month window with no real notice beyond a short notice on their forum in regards to Warcraft 3: Reforged.  There was no notice beyond some smaller content creators informing the issue as a general warning.  No notice was provided via other social media.{{Ph-I-I}}
The incident involves a timeline where they provided a one month window with no real notice beyond a short notice on their forum in regards to Warcraft 3: Reforged.  There was no notice beyond some smaller content creators informing the issue as a general warning.  No notice was provided via other social media.{{Ph-I-I}}


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The company only provided the forum news https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24241844/original-warcraft-iii-keys-expire-on-november-21
The company only provided the forum news https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24241844/original-warcraft-iii-keys-expire-on-november-21 - in terms of response to the issue, many technical support agents will refuse to assist in redemption of any grandfatherable non-redeemed physical CD keys.
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Revision as of 23:20, 30 January 2026

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Background

On October 21st, 2025 - Activision-Blizzard made a news page regarding the discontinuation of redemption of legacy Warcraft 3 CD keys from physical purchases and discs.

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Incident

The incident involves a timeline where they provided a one month window with no real notice beyond a short notice on their forum in regards to Warcraft 3: Reforged. There was no notice beyond some smaller content creators informing the issue as a general warning. No notice was provided via other social media.

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The company only provided the forum news https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24241844/original-warcraft-iii-keys-expire-on-november-21 - in terms of response to the issue, many technical support agents will refuse to assist in redemption of any grandfatherable non-redeemed physical CD keys.

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Most of the consumer responses from this timeline was providing discouraging statements, many of which expressed disdain for the lack of grandfathering from prior physically purchased products. While other services exist to allow for compatible online play, many are saddened that they cannot utilize the Activision-Blizzard services for online play and redownload.

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1 - https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24241844/original-warcraft-iii-keys-expire-on-november-21

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